March 1981 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in March 1981.
The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on March 1981: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of March 1981?

Events

01 Mar 1981 Sophisticated Ladies opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 performances
02 Mar 1981 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Washington DC
05 Mar 1981 Bring Back Birdie opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 4 performances
06 Mar 1981 Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of CBS Evening News
07 Mar 1981 Bring Back Birdie closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 4 performances
08 Mar 1981 Dennis Lillee ct by Queensland 12th man Dennis Lillie in Shield game
09 Mar 1981 Max Delbrnck, German/US biologist (Nobel Prize 1969), dies at age 74 (born 1906).
11 Mar 1981 Chile constitution takes effect; military dictator Augusto Pinochet is sworn in as President for another 8-year term.
12 Mar 1981 Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial in Richmond, Virginia.
13 Mar 1981 Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca
15 Mar 1981 Broadway Follies opens / closes at Nederlander Theater, New York City
17 Mar 1981 FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team, forms.
18 Mar 1981 Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in one period (they beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4).
19 Mar 1981 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident
20 Mar 1981 Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Doctor.
22 Mar 1981 1st class postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents
23 Mar 1981 US Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions.
24 Mar 1981 Nightline with Ted Koppel premieres on ABC
25 Mar 1981 (to March 26) Bowers and Ruddy Galleries auctions part of the Garrett coin collection.
26 Mar 1981 Police and Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo, Yugoslavia.
27 Mar 1981 John Lennon releases Watching the Wheels in the UK
28 Mar 1981 Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 metre (40.18 seconds).
29 Mar 1981 Woman of the Year opens at Palace Theater NYC for 770 performances
30 Mar 1981 President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.
31 Mar 1981 53rd Academy Awards - Ordinary People, R De Niro and Sissy Spacek win
01 Mar 1981 Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.